Australian Geographic

Australian Geographic, Australia’s premier geographic journal, brings you the best of the country from those who know it best. Discover Australia’s rich cultural heritage, its beautiful landscapes, its unique and diverse plants and wildlife, and explore outback towns and the true-blue characters who call them home.

Power of the image

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AG SOCIETY FUNDRAISER JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2022 • Help us save the southern brush-tailed rock-wallaby from extinction

Photography’s transformative power

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The day the Earth shook

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BIG PICTURE Better together • The People’s Choice winner in the 2021 Australian Geographic Nature Kookaburra Photographer (Dacelo of novaeguineae) the Year competition has a timely message Charles of Davis, togetherness New South in Wales light of ongoing COVID challenges.

Stormy weather for birds

Saving the planet, one beer at a time

Will you step up on Clean Up Australia Day?

Place names

New life-saving technique for shark attack victims

Gardens of Stone, preserved

Artefacts found on the Murray

Wild Diary

Groundbreaking voyage to unlock Earth’s inner secrets

Heroes of our times

Craig Leeson • Documentary filmmaker, adventurer and journalist

Professor Helen Marshall • Vaccination researcher

Patrick (Patty) Mills • Basketball player and Indigenous rights advocate

Dylan Alcott OAM • Athlete, paralympian, philanthropist, media commentator and advocate

Leanne Liddle • Director of the Aboriginal Justice Unit

Sue and Lloyd Clarke • Founders of Small Steps 4 Hannah

Professor Veena Sahajwalla • Founding director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology at the University of New South Wales

Paul Litherland • Cyber safety educator and campaigner

Early advocate for First Nations rights • 1936 Yorta Yorta Elder William Cooper leads the formation of the Australian Aborigines’ League.

Talking Australia • Subscribe and never miss an episode of our entertaining podcast.

TIM THE YOWIE MAN • Can rivers flow backwards?

The Australian Geographic Book Club

MAKING AUSTRALIAN HISTORY

Record-breaking NASA launch

Looking up by Glenn Dawes

Has Lasseter’s Reef been found? • The legend of an outback gold deposit has lured fortune seekers for almost a century. Is the search for the fabled lode finally over?

The South Coast Surf Chasers • Australian surfing in its early days was a blokey pursuit featuring carloads of mates road-tripping our coastline in the pursuit of perfect waves.

Carbon cop-out? • Many experts doubt Australia can rely on technology to achieve its pledge to go carbon neutral by 2050.

Longest powered flight

Lucky Country

Australian Geographic Society news and events • Sophie Matterson and her camels cross Australia

Society update • These are some of the projects to receive Society funding this year.

Saltwater billionaire • Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation launches a state-of-the-art marine research operation on Western Australia’s Ningaloo Coast.

BOUND GAGGED POSTED • Our exclusive report into the cruelty and corruption of the illegal wildlife trade.

AUSTRALIA’S MOST WANTED • Due to their colourful feathers and personalities, Australia’s native birds have become a lucrative target for wildlife poachers.

kunanyi: story of a mountain • The elevated world of kunanyi, which today overlooks Hobart, has a...